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| HP ships Biometric Laptop |
6/28/2005 |
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Biometric technology is taking another leap toward widespread usage as Hewlett-Packard ships new laptops with fingerprint readers.
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| Elpida gets seat on Power Tech board |
6/24/2005 |
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Elpida said it has been outsourcing its back-end process for DRAM manufacturing to PTI and this appointment is seen by the companies as an enhancement to the partnership.
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| Micron reports first loss in 5 years |
6/24/2005 |
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The Boise, Idaho-based company also reported a net loss of $128 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to net income of $118 million, or $0.17 per diluted share, for fiscal Q2.
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| Infineon CEO: No memory spin-off |
6/24/2005 |
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The spin-off denial contradicts a previous report in Handelsblatt which said Infineon was mulling an IPO of the DRAM unit later in 2005.
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| Winbond takes over Flash company |
6/24/2005 |
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Already a producer of low-density parallel flash memory products, Winbond aims to build an offering in serial flash memory products, which are lower in cost and popular in low densities for products such as printers, wireless LANs, set-top boxes, DVD drives, DSL and cable modems.
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| Microsoft plans to de-throne Symbian on mobile OS |
6/24/2005 |
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The next milestone is clawing its way to the front of the smartphone pack. Zhang reckons Microsoft can do it within the next three years, but that could be a tough sell, given that Symbian currently has 76 percent of the smart mobile device market.
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| ATI restates projection |
6/23/2005 |
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Graphics chipmaker ATI Technologies Inc. today knocked $50 million off its Q4 revenue projection, as it reported results for what it termed a challenging fiscal Q3.
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| AMD rolls out Turion 64 for mobile systems |
6/23/2005 |
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“We have chosen to incorporate the latest AMD Turion 64 mobile technology in our new business notebook PC in order to offer our customers a true choice in high-performance mobile computing that delivers an outstanding business value without sacrificing security, reliability and ease of use.”
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| UMC chairman to step down in 2007 |
6/23/2005 |
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The move comes as Tsao faces increasing pressure from a criminal investigation into allegedly illegal investment by UMC in Chinese foundry He Jian Technology Corp. Tsao was questioned earlier this month, but no charges were filed against him.
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| China delays 3G licensing to wait for TD-SCDMA |
6/23/2005 |
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The blame is being put on TD-SCDMA, the domestic standard that China wants to deploy alongside wideband-CDMA and CDMA2000 1X. Yet while the latter two are ready to go, the former is still teething.
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| Elpida made 2Gb DRAM |
6/23/2005 |
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Elpida intends to create 4-Gbyte and 8-Gbyte capacity DDR2 modules intended for high-end computers, using the devices.
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| chi Mei Opto settles with Hitachi |
6/22/2005 |
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Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) and Hitachi have ended the lawsuit and signed a cross-licensing agreement that grants both parties use of each other’s patents for selected technologies until 2010.
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| Samsung: GDDR3 is for multimedia |
6/22/2005 |
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The memory runs at up to 8GBytes/sec., which Samsung said is 70 percent faster than conventional 1.2Gbits/sec. devices, making it an option for high-quality images and fast animation in PCs, workstations and high-end game consoles.
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| Semico changes forcast to positive for 2005 |
6/22/2005 |
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Nonetheless Semico (Phoenix, Ariz.) has swung from predicting market contraction to market growth. Back in January 2005 Semico was predicting the 2005 market would fall by 4.7 percent compared with 2004.
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| IBM to invest in India Fab |
6/22/2005 |
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IBM Corp. has entered into an agreement to take a 24 percent stake for $150 million in one of India's fledging wafer fab companies — India Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (ISMC).
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| Freescale commits to PowerPC while Apple defects |
6/22/2005 |
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Freescale Semiconductor Chairman and CEO Michel Mayer reassure developers of the chip maker's commitment to the PowerPC — and drive home his belief in the power of standards, the consumer, horizontal innovation and ubiquitous embedded connectivity.
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| Original IC inventor die at 81 |
6/22/2005 |
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"Jack Kilby was always an engineer's engineer," said Gordon Moore, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Intel, in a statement. "He remained true to his technical roots, loyal to the principles of science and was always a gentleman to those who had the pleasure to meet him. He will be missed."
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| RFID companies push for EPC standard |
6/21/2005 |
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The new class of RFID devices is widely seen as important for developing wider deployment of the access control, logistics and ticketing technology.
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